ऊ कहलस कि

Reporting What Someone Said

Level 4Sounds Like ū kahalasa ki

After कहलस कि, Bhojpuri often keeps the speaker's own words.

How It Works

Bhojpuri usually keeps the person and the tense as the speaker said them, where English would shift them.

Said	Reported
हम काल्ह आइब।	ऊ कहलस कि हम काल्ह आइब।
हमरा भूख लागल बा।	अमित बोलल कि हमरा भूख लागल बा।

So हम after कहलस कि is the person who spoke. Context shows who is meant. If it is unclear, name the person: ऊ कहलस कि ऊ आई.

The verb of saying agrees with the speaker: कहलस (he), कहली (she or a respected woman), कहलें (a respected man), बोलल (he).

Questions work the same way: नेहा पूछली कि तू कहाँ जात बाड़ऽ?

ऊ कहलस कि हम काल्ह आइब।
He said that he would come tomorrow.
हम means the speaker, he.
माई कहली कि हम बजार जाइब।
Mother said that she would go to the market.
कहली goes with a woman.
नेहा पूछली कि तू कहाँ जात बाड़ऽ?
Neha asked where I was going.
तू is Neha's word for the listener.
अमित बोलल कि हमरा भूख लागल बा।
Amit said that he was hungry.
The words stay as Amit said them.
बाबूजी कहलें कि हमनी साँझ ले आ जाइब जा।
Father said that we would be back by evening.
कहलें shows respect.

Using कहलस for a respected woman.
माई कहलस कि हम बजार जाइब।
माई कहली कि हम बजार जाइब।
A mother takes कहली.

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ऊ कहलस किLevel 4Reporting What Someone Said

ऊ कहलस कि joins the -लस past of कहल to कि.

कहलकि

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